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Fonts in use: The West typeface for the book ‘Wilde Elbe’
Wilde Elbe
The 200-page photo book was designed by the Munich design office of Schmid/Widmaier. The headlines and captions are set in West.
MSC World Europa
MSC Cruises
Geneva-based brand agency Magic Pencil was commissioned to completely revamp the third largest cruise brand in the world – from the website through to the printed materials. For MSC Cruises’ corporate font, they chose Pangea.
Fonts in use: The eccentric typeface McQueen for Psychotherapist Katrin Terwiel’s brand design
Katrin Terwiel
With McQueen, Cigarsauerkraut’s art director Enrico Kunze found the perfect match for Psychotherapist Katrin Terwiel’s vision.
Fonts in use: Romaine for the book ‘Holy Daimon’ by Frater Acher, published by Scarlet Imprint
Scarlet Imprint
For the typesetting of Frater Acher’s ‘Holy Heretics’ and ‘Holy Daimon’, editor and designer Alkistis Dimech chose Romaine by Aad van Dommelen.
Fonts in use: The two Fontwerk typeface families Nice Headline and Pangea Text lay the foundation for the new identity of Unique Moments, the five-day music festival of the National Museum Zurich.
Unique Moments
The two Fontwerk typeface families Nice Headline and Pangea Text lay the foundation for the new identity of Unique Moments, the five-day music festival of the Swiss National Museum Zurich.
Fonts in use: The Pangea Typeface Collection for Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2024
Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2024
There was really only one suitable typeface for the visual identity of a conference on sustainability: Pangea.
Fonts in Use: The West typeface for the “New Objectivity” exhibition catalog
Neue Sachlichkeit
The Kunsthalle Mannheim is dedicating a major exhibition to the phenomenon of “New Objectivity”. The accompanying exhibition catalog is set in Daniel Perraudin’s West typeface.
The typeface Nikolai in use for the website of Andrea Grudda, a renowned Author, Consultant and Trainer.
Andrea Grudda
As her website is 90% text, the visual identity of the Andrea Grudda brand is primarily influenced by Nikolai’s identity.
MANA The Movement (sustainable fashion brand) using the Pangea Typeace Collection
MANA
The Pangea Typeface Collection corresponds to both the MANA design taste and its vision for sustainability.
The typeface Pangea in use for DJ AVIVX’s ‘Dark Temple’ 12" EP, a moody, energetic house record.
AVIVX ‘Dark Temple’
Written in capitals on a black background, the typography for the first AVIVX release was meant to counterbalance the music. A perfect job for Pangea.
Change Letter typeface (yet unreleased) in use as Berlin’s corporate typeface – Brandenburg Gate
Berlin
The Be Berlin campaign got its unmistakable profile from the typeface Change, which later was used across the city’s communication.
Change typeface and Change Letter (yet unreleased) in use as the corporate typeface of the Berlin Fire Brigade. – The Berlin ambulances adorned with Change
Berlin Fire Brigade
The Berlin Fire Brigade is the largest one in Germany. Berlin also ranks 5th in the world, coming after Tokyo, New York, Paris and London. It uses Alessio Leonardi’s Change typeface which has been made publicly available by Fontwerk.
The Nice typeface superfamily in use for the Soлomiya Art Magazine – Cover, Nice Poster
Solomiya
Photographers Sebastian Wells and Vsevolod Kazarin decided to start a project with and about young people in Ukraine and so the foundation was laid for an extraordinary art magazine – set in Nice Poster and Nice Text.
West typeface in use for the trailside vineyard retreat The Blufftop at Rocheport
The Blufftop at Rocheport
The Blufftop at Rocheport is a trailside vineyard retreat located ten miles west of Columbia off Interstate 70. Among other typefaces, it uses West.
Nikolai typeface in use for the boulangerie-patisserie L’Amour du Pain in Vienna
L’Amour du Pain
‘Designing a new brand is about avoiding clichés.’ At the heart of the boulangerie-patisserie’s brand design is Nikolai. The agency’s goal was a contemporary, fresh appearance without losing sight of tradition.
Park City Main Street Atmosphere – Sundance Film Festival 2022 (© 2022 Sundance Institute | Photo by Stephen Speckman)
Sundance Festival
Many famous directors have celebrated their breakthroughs at the largest independent film gathering in the US, including Quentin Tarantino, the Coen brothers and Jim Jarmusch. The 2022 edition used the Pangea family as its house font.
Fonts in use: Case for kleinundpläcking
K’UP Agency
On the website of kleinundpläcking, Case is used in Regular and Bold, where it shows its strength in terms of readability and clarity.
Fonts in use: West typeface for Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
In Dresden’s world famous museum, West’s capital letters are used almost exclusively, center justified, which corresponds to the typographical conventions of the Baroque period.
Ika Compact typeface in use for Space Cocktails
Space Cocktails
Jörg Hemker created this beautiful fictitious use case to illustrate Ika Compact’s capabilities for both packaging and advertising purposes.